Art Blog/Eric Whollem

Friday, June 5, 2015

PARAPHILATELIC CYBERMAIL ART/ Delphys Faux Postage Stamp Cover by Eric Whollem/ featuring deliveries by Boobie Bird Courier Services/ A MAP OF DELPHYS

DELPHYS FAUX POSTAGE STAMP COVER

2015

Eric Whollem

cybermail art

BOOBIE BIRD COURIER MAIL

The Kingdom of Delphys is a large island nation to the south of the Continent of Amphora. The mail seen here represents the first 'air mail' delivery used on the island. The Isle of Buto to the north of Delphys is home of a number of Boobie Bird Courier Services.

The first two covers on this blog post show samples of Blythe's Boobie Post, a semi-official courier service that functions all across the Amphoran main.

Seen on this cover is the Delphysian 'Duck Ship' cancellation. The Delphysian stamps seen here are ones created originally in 2003 in laser editions with die cut perforations. The Boobie Bird stamps are actually cyberstamps. The entirety of the cover is a cyber edition, which I refer to as 'Cybermail Art.'

DELPHYS OFFICIAL MAIL FROM THE OFFICE OF THE NAVY

2015

Eric Whollem

cybermail art

DELPHYS COVER DELIVERED BY THE BUTUNIAN LOCO POST

BOOBIE BIRD COURIER SERVICE

2015

Eric Whollem

cybermail art

BUTUNIA LOCO POST BOOBIE BIRD COURIER MAIL

Butunia, an autonomous region in the southwest of the Isle of Buto is one of the regions involved in the Loco Post Rebellion which started in Boobville in Buttonia, another autonomous region to the east.

Sooze M'grew, a beachcomber who lives in a cave near Moss Island Beach, here writes a missive to the postmistress of Fortuni in Delphys, hoping to acquire an interest in the Butunian Boobie Service. an outfit that competes with Blythe, who is in alliance with the central government of Buto in Templetown to the north.

MAP OF DELPHYS

2015

Eric Whollem

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

DIGITAL ABSTRACTION/ 'Labyrinthian' by Eric Whollem/ Digital Painting/ Figurative Expressionism

LABYRINTHIAN

1985

Eric Whollem

digital painting

Monday, June 1, 2015

FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONISM/ Mixed media drawing by Eric Whollem/ 'Bridging the Formless World'

BRIDGING THE FORMLESS WORLD

1983

Eric Whollem

India ink, parafin resist and watercolor on colored paper

drawing

Saturday, May 30, 2015

FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONISM/ A Drawing by Eric Whollem/ 'Initiation in the Dream Lodge of the Nectar of the Saltim'/ CONCOW MAIDU AND THE KUKSU RELIGION/ Insect Gods of Ancient California

INITIATION IN THE DREAM LODGE OF THE NECTAR OF THE SALTIM

1983

Eric Whollem

India ink, watercolor and wax resist on paper

drawing

THE INSECT GODS OF ANCIENT CALIFORNIA

Among the Concow Maidu Indians of California, who practice the Kuksu Dream Religion there is a high order of spirits, the Saltim. The Saltim are sometimes equated with insect spirits, who are very lucky and symbols of great wisdom.

This drawing shows the dream lodge of the Saltim.

The Kuksu Religion, which is practiced by many tribes in California, from Mt. Shasta down to Yosemite, usually involved a society of initiates of dream knowledge. Certain parallels could be drawn with the autochthonous beliefs of the ancient Australians concerning the Dream Time.

The tribal leaders among the Maidu have been traditionally chosen for the quality of their dream life.

Read more about the Maidu Indians:

http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/maidu%20indians

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION/ 'Consort of the Opimacus' by Eric Whollem/ MIXED MEDIA DRAWING/ Pictographic Abstraction

CONSORT OF THE OPIMACUS

1984

Eric Whollem

mixed media on paper

drawing

Monday, May 25, 2015

FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION/ Mixed Media Painting by Eric Whollem/ 'If You Can't Get a Blue Bird, A Red Bird Will Do'/ FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONISM

IF YOU CAN'T GET A BLUE BIRD A RED BIRD WILL DO

1985

Eric Whollem

mixed media on paper

Thursday, May 14, 2015

BOOBIE BIRD COURIER SERVICE/ Paraphilatelic Cybermail by Eric Whollem/ CYBERMAIL ART/ Faux Postage Stamps

BOOBIE COURIER SERVICE/ BUTTONI-SAGARA

2015

Eric Whollem

fantasy cover from Buto Offices in Sagara

cybermail art

EGGATHA WRITES TO HER GURU IN SAGARA

Sagara is just across the Strait of Murra from the shores of Buttoni, known also as the Isle of Buto.

Here the innovative Boobie Bird Courier Service began.

Eggatha's guru is named Raj Boobi-Ji.

BUTTONI OFFICES IN SAGARA

Boobie Courier Service

2015

Eric Whollem

faux postage stamps

SAGARI COURIER SERVICE

2015

Eric Whollem

cybermail art

with faux postage stamps from Buttoni and Sagara

SEE MORE BOOBIE STAMPS:

http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/boobie%20courier%20post

Sunday, May 10, 2015

BOOBIE BIRD POSTAL COURIER SERVICE/ Faux Postage Stamps from Buto by Eric Whollem/ BOOBIE TRIANGLE STAMPS/ Blythe's Boobie Post

BLYTHE'S BOOBIE COURIER SERVICE

faux postage stamps from Buttoni

2015

Eric Whollem

A BOOBIE BIRD COURIER SERVICE

The land of Buttoni, or Buto, as it is commonly called has developed an innovation in mail delivery. The world has seen pigeon posts in countries like New Zealand in the 19th century and in Britain where Herm Island was authorized to allow pigeons to deliver the mails.

Puffins are commonly seen on local post stamps, such as stamps from the Isle of Lundy, but the puffins never actually delivered the mail. But in Buttoni, an island kingdom in the Sea of Varuna, off the coast of the continent of Amphora, boobies, an endangered bird, have been given the honor of mail delivery like their pigeon cousins. LOL

MAP OF BUTO

2015

Eric Whollem

BLYTHE'S BOOBIE COURIER SERVICE

faux postage stamps from Buttoni

2015

Eric Whollem

BLYTHE'S BOOBIE POST

Operating out of Blondell Heights in southern Buttoni, Blythe has allowed her Boobie Birds to unionize, having created the International Boobie Couriers Union.

These stamps are semi-official issues of the Buto government, whose capital is in Templetown in the north of Buto. The price of a regular delivery is 2 bits. Blythe's boobies operate primarily in the region of Amphora, but also deliver mail to lands in other dimensions. The boobies are well known for having delivered mails to and from Lemuria. And many retiring boobies, finding Lemuria a favorable and attractive land have settled on the shores of Tule Lake in Northern Lemuria. LOL

BLYTHE'S BOOBIE COURIER SERVICE

faux postage stamps from Buttoni

2015

Eric Whollem

BLYTHE'S BOOBIE COURIER SERVICE

faux postage stamps from Buttoni

2015

Eric Whollem

SEE MORE BOOBIE STAMPS

http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/boobie%20courier%20post

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

BOOBIE COURIER POST/ Cybermail Art by Eric Whollem/ FAUX POSTAGE STAMPS/ 'Opened by Mistake in Boobton' cancel on a damaged five pound packet

BOOBIE COURIER POST

2015

Eric Whollem

faux postage cybermail art

BOOBIE BIRD MAIL DELIVERY

The contents of this packet was unfortunately lost in the mails in Boobton. A pity that they did not insure the packet. Another good strike of the rare 'OPENED BY MISTAKE IN BOOBTON' cancel. LOL

This cover has a variety of stamps and cancellations:1)The diamond shaped cancel from Blythe's Boobie Hatch, the outfit that has developed this form of mail delivery. 2) The Buto Customs Service cancel. 3) The 'Caution Lead Plate Within' stamp [this letter was sent to the Requisitions Department of Tubbuwapp Dental College]. 4) The 'Opened by Mistake in Boobton' cancel [and tell tale taped edge]. 5) A postal cancellation from Utti, a town in the autonomous region of Alaya north of Buto.

This cover apparently originated at the Boobie Courier Station in Utti and was sent by boobie across the waters back home to the Isle of Buto.

The stamps on this cover include a definitive issue of Alaya, showing Manco Capac and, of course a selection of Blythe's Boobie Courier Service triangle stamps, denominated at One Bit post paid. A pencil notation on the cover '5 lbs/ 5 bits' gives us insight into the postal rates for Boobie Courier parcels.

SEE MORE BOOBIE STAMPS:

http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/boobie%20courier%20post

Friday, May 1, 2015

PARAPHILATELIC MAIL FROM PLANET PLUTO/ 'Pluto Provisional Post' by Eric Whollem/ GONDWANALAND DINOSAUR STAMP CANCELLATION/ Speculations on the Life of the Infamous Abner Grunt of Gondwanaland

PLUTO PROVISIONAL POST

2015

faux postage stamp cover

Eric Whollem

PLUTO PROVISIONAL POST

After the discovery of the planet Pluto by Gwog, Postmaster General and time traveler from Gondwanaland, the news reached the cell of Captain Grunt, former sheriff of Dinosaur County in Western Gondwanaland.

Abner Grunt was in prison as a stamp forger. Perhaps he saw his chance at a commission from Gwog, when he sent this letter to Pluto Station, where Gwog was currently conducting his astrogeological observations on the terrain of Pluto.

PLUTO PROVISIONAL POST

2015

faux postage stamp cover

Eric Whollem

ABNER GRUNT'S STAMP FORGERIES

The stamp in the lower left hand corner is one of the bogus Pluto Provisional stamps invented by Aber Gwog, infamous stamp forger from Gondwanaland.

The stamps and cancellation in the upper right hand corner are official issues of the Gondwana Postal Administration; but the zig zag cancel on the 'provisional' issue is the handiwork of Grunt.

PLUTO PROVISIONAL POST

2015

faux postage stamp cover

Eric Whollem

RARE JAIL MAIL FROM GONDWANALAND

The irregularities in the typing and the shocking pink cover must have alerted the Prison Guards in Rockton, as this cover has a rare censorship cancel from the Dinosaur County Jail.

Specialists in this paraphilatelic sideline are rare, but Binky of Binky's Expertizing Service on Titania, remarks: 'This cover is no doubt one of Abner Grunt's infamous forgeries.'

Thursday, April 30, 2015

GWOG'S EXPEDITION TO PLUTO/ Faux Postage Stamps From Gondwanaland/ SPACE FANTASY STAMPS by Eric Whollem/ CYBERSTAMPS

GWOG'S EXPEDITION TO PLUTO

2015

Eric Whollem

faux postage stamp from Gondwanaland

GWOG'S EXPEDITION TO PLUTO

Curiosity lead Gwog to explore much further into space than the moons of Neptune and Pluto. He established a Provisional Post Office at Pluto Station on Pluto. The stamps seen here show photos of Pluto's surface (as taken by Eric Whollem lol).

Gwog in his notes on Gondwana Astrogeology says: 'The rocks of Pluto are pretty, but lacking in flint, which is the primary necessity for any colony to survive in the depths of space. I found what appeared to be pools of water in some craters on Pluto. On closer examination I found this merely to be copper sulfate crystals, useless to the Gondwana except for inclusion in a junior chemistry set.'

GWOG'S EXPEDITION TO PLUTO

2015

Eric Whollem

faux postage stamp from Gondwanaland

GWOG'S EXPEDITION TO PLUTO

2015

Eric Whollem

faux postage stamp from Gondwanaland

GWOG'S EXPEDITION TO PLUTO

2015

Eric Whollem

faux postage stamp from Gondwanaland

GWOG'S EXPEDITION TO PLUTO

2015

Eric Whollem

faux postage stamp from Gondwanaland

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

GWOG'S TRIP TO NEPTUNE/ Gondwanaland Space Exploration Stamps/ Faux postage stamps by Eric Whollem/ CYBERSTAMPS

GWOG'S TRIP TO NEPTUNE

2015

Eric Whollem

faux postage stamp from Gondwanaland

GWOG'S TRIP TO NEPTUNE

2015

Eric Whollem

faux postage stamp from Gondwanaland

GWOG'S TRIP TO NEPTUNE

After arriving on the Moon, at the invitation of the government of the Republic of the Moon, Gwog was honored by a special counseling session with Quantus Qwo, the Postmaster General of the Moon.

Mr. Qwo informed Gwog of the knowledge of Space privy to the Loonese. It was believed from the Syzygdite Records that the geological formations of Neptune and it's moons might well have the sort of mineral wealth that Gwog was seeking, namely flint deposits, so valued in Gondwanaland.

After exploring Neptune by Paleowarp Facilitator, Gwog found that Neptune's methane atmosphere was inimical to the prospects of ever lighting a campfire. And no flint could be found. But he had hope that in his further explorations of the moons of Neptune that Mr. Qwo would be proven right.

GWOG'S TRIP TO NEPTUNE

2015

Eric Whollem

faux postage stamp from Gondwanaland

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

FAUX POSTAGE STAMPS from Gondwanaland/ 'Gwog's Trip to Gondwilli' by Eric Whollem/ Space Fantasy Stamps/ CYBERSTAMPS

GWOG'S TRIP TO GONDWILLI

2015

Eric Whollem

faux postage stamp from Gondwanaland

GWOG'S TRIP TO GONDWILLI

Gwog, the Postmaster General of Gondwanaland, was the first 'astronaut' from this ancient civilization on earth. His time travel machine, called the Paleowarp Facilitator, allowed him to travel to any place in space and time.

Gondwilli, or New Gondwanaland, is the name given by Gwog to Titania, the moon of Neptune. When Gwog discovered that the geology of Gonwilli was primarily of a flint matrix, that settled the question of where to take his people.

To the Gondwana flint is better than gold!

GWOG'S TRIP TO GONDWILLI

2015

Eric Whollem

faux postage stamp from Gondwanaland

GWOG'S TRIP TO GONDWILLI

2015

Eric Whollem

faux postage stamp from Gondwanaland

Monday, April 27, 2015

GWOG'S TRIP TO THE MOON/ Space Fantasy Stamps by Eric Whollem/ The Postmaster of Gondwanaland Travels to the Moon/ PALEOWARP EXPRESS MAIL

GWOG'S TRIP TO THE MOON

2015

Eric Whollem

faux postage stamp from Gondwanaland

GWOG'S TRIP TO THE MOON

After the Republic of the Moon developed time travel in the year 2215 A.D., they sent an expedition to earth. Arriving in the ancient civilization of Gondwanaland, they quickly became friends and began technological cooperation. Even a Gondwana-Loonese Postal Union was established. The Paleowarp is the name of the Time Travel Machine as dubbed by the Gondwana. It's prototype was the Loonese Warp Facilitator. (The folk of the Moon prefer to be called Loonese.)

One might well ask how Paleowarp time travel works. First, recognizing that three dimensional objects meet with more physical resistance, the Loonese Warp Facilitator was a device that allowed the time traveler to enter a two-dimensional 'envelope.' This envelope in essence allowed the time traveler to be 'mailed' to any place in space and time. Thus the cameo stamp of Gwog seen on this issue is really not so much a portrait of Gwog as a representation of the microchip used by Gwog for his Paleowarp Transference. These chips were manufactured in Gondwanaland, using the most recent flint knapping technologies.

GWOG'S TRIP TO THE MOON

2015

Eric Whollem

faux postage stamp from Gondwanaland

Gwog, the Postmaster of Gondwanaland thus became the first Time Traveler from earth to the Moon, He adjusted his machine a bit roughly, arriving on the Moon in the year 1967. As he was travelling through a billion years of time, this was as close as he could get at first to the era of the Republic of the Moon, which he hoped to visit.

On the Moon he met a certain American astronaut, Neil Armstrong, Gwog greeted Neil, saying: 'One small step for Gwog, one great step for Gondwanakind.'

According to records, Neil had no memory of this encounter, perhaps a post traumatic trauma from seeing a Caveman on the Moon. But nevertheless this established Gwog as the first man on the Moon, as is recorded in the Annals of the Loonese.

GWOG'S TRIP TO THE MOON

2015

Eric Whollem

faux postage stamp from Gondwanaland

Gwog, after searching around a bit, decided finally to go by Paleowarp to greet Quantus Qwo in Moonton for an exchange of official greetings and a bit of fun, seeing the sights of Loona. Mr. Qwo is Postmaster General of the Republic of the Moon, and had invited Gwog to visit him as soon as his time machine, or Warp Facilitator, as it is called, was in order.

Keep posted to this blog for more about the explorations of Gwog through Time and Space.

Friday, April 24, 2015

PARAPHILATELIC CYBERMAIL/ A Letter to the Moon From Gondwanaland/ VIRTUAL STAMP COVER/ Gondwana Cinderella Stamps/ CYBERMAIL ART

A LETTER TO THE MOON FROM GONDWANALAND

2015

Eric Whollem

virtual stamp cover

THE PALEOWARP FACILITATOR

After Time Travel was successfully completed between the Moon and the ancient civilization of Gondwanaland, the use of the Loonese Warp Facilitator, a device allowing mail to be sent to any place in time, was developed in Gondwanaland. The only glitch was not knowing the names and addresses.

The Gondwana called their time warp mail delivery system the Paleowarp Facilitator.

The Republic of the Moon, recognizing the Gondwana desire for communications, sent a complete list of Loonese paraphilatelists to the Gondwana Postal Administration. Thus a new era of pen pals arose.

This greatly influenced the course of history.

THE WARPONAUGHT ARRIVES

2015

faux postage stamp from Gondwanaland

Eric Whollem

THE WARPONAUGHT

Aelurus was the first Time Traveler from the Moon. He is seen here in the petroglyphs of Gondwanaland depicted on this stamp, issued a billion years ago. Warponaught, like our word, Astronaut, indicates a space traveler. As time and space are pretty much the same thing.

Though the first expedition of Aelurus was a failure, his second was a phenomenal success. The Gondwana Loonese Postal Union was established and relations flourished between the countries.

Gondwana stamps are a bit more traditional than those of the Moon, utilizing dehydrated peterodactyl wing paper and extra virginal dinosaur inks, etc. while the stamps of the moon, after the great paper shortage of 2210 were printed on nanoplastic papers, from ores mined on the moons of Neptune and elsewhere in space.

The Loonese, or inhabitants of Loona, the location of the Republic of the Moon, were originally philatelists from earth, who seeing a decline in the use of stamps on earth, a planet plagued by anti-philatelic attitudes, migrated to the moon, not as colonists, but rather as people seeking philatelic freedom. Their logo is the Lunar Cinderella, known also as Lunar Liberty.

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

BIRD WOMAN/ Ceramic Sculpture by Eric Whollem/ GODDESS ART/ Figurative Sculpture

BIRD WOMAN

2004

Eric Whollem

ceramic sculpture

oxides on white groggy clay

photo M. Spielmann

Monday, April 20, 2015

MERMAID CYBERMAIL/ A Letter From a Silkie to the Empress of the Aquarian Age/ VIRTUAL STAMP ART by Eric Whollem/ FAUX POSTAGE STAMPS/ Paraphilatelic Mail

MERMAID MAIL FROM MERREMINDE TO AMPHORA

2015

Eric Whollem

fantasy mermaid mail

NEREID

2015

Eric Whollem

faux postage stamps from the Empire of A,mphora

sheet of eight stamps

MERMAID FAUX POSTAGE STAMPS

Amphora has seen postal issues since about the year 2000, when I conceived the concept of the Continent of Amphora, rising from the waters in the Aquarian Age.

Merreminde has also issued stamps. Their mail service is subaquatic. Below is a a recent cyber edition of a stamp originally printed in 2001. These are virtual stamps.

BOAT OF THE MERAMAID

2009-2015

Eric Whollem

faux postage stamps from Merreminde

sheet of four

MERMAID CYBERMAIL/ Virtual Paraphilatelic Stamps & Cancels/ 'Nereid' by Eric Whollem/ FAUX POSTAGE STAMPS

MAIL FROM THE AMPHORAN POSTAL UNION

2015

Eric Whollem

paraphilatelic cybermail

MERMAID MAIL FROM AMPHORA

This letter is from the Library of Hippocampus, an ancient repository of the Knowledge of the Sea Horses. The Library houses unique books on the metaphysical lore of the Sea Horses.

The legend of VOLTUMNA is found in manuscript form in a special glass case beneath the sea, where it can easily be read by Aquatic folk of today.

Amphitritonia is a Kingdom in the northwest of Amphora. Hippocampus is the capital city of Amphitritonia, a member state of the Amphoran Postal Union, which includes Merreminde, the Isle of Buto, Delphys, and Nereidia, as well as remote outlying islands such as the Isle of Timbae and the Jessamine Isle.

'Nereid'

2015

Eric Whollem

faux postage stamp from Amphora

MERMAIDS ON STAMPS

The sculpture of this stamp is by Eric Whollem. Nereid means mermaid in Greek. According to the Greeks, the Nereids are saviors of sailors at sea.

The Map of Amphora is seen on the letter from the Library of Hippocampus. Amphora is the old name in astrology for the sign of Aquarius. Thus Amphora is the Continent of the Aquarian Age.

Saturday, April 18, 2015

PARAPHILATELIC CYBERMAIL/ '3rd Class Warp Mail With a Billion Year Old Cancellation' by Eric Whollem/ A LETTER TO GONDWANALAND FROM THE MOON

3rd CLASS WARP MAIL WITH A BILLION YEAR OLD CANCELLATION

2015

Eric Whollem

faux postage stamps/ cybermail

WARP MAIL FROM THE MOON

In the future the Moon developed a Time Machine that was useful in not only delivering mail, but also sending the mailman back in time. Why is it that we always talk about the future in the past tense?

This rare historical cover from Binky and Boscoe's Paraphilatelic Museum on Titania, the Moon of Neptune tells all. Pappy Pete, whose antique 1952 Remington typewriter addressed this envelope, was a collector of relics from earth.

He probably thought that he could get stuff on the cheap from Gondwanaland.

Here he writes to the Sabertooth Pawnshop in Western Gondwanaland. The cover is graced by not only the star shaped cancellations from the Republic of the Moon, but a billion year old cancellation from the Gondwanaland Post Office, saying 'Received 1,000,000.000 B.C.E.'

TIMBUKONE

Timbukone, in the desert of Western Gondwanaland, was the locale of the site that is now known as Timbuktu.

Sabertooth Pawnshop is just one of many businesses found in the Cave Mall found there. See my map below for the exact location.

MAP OF GONDWANALAND

2004

Eric Whollem

Friday, April 17, 2015

CERAMIC GODDESS SCULPTURE/ 'Liban' by Eric Whollem/ FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE/ Irish Mythology/ CELTIC MYTH

LIBAN

ceramic sculpture

white clay with oxides

Eric Whollem
c. 2004

LIBAN IN IRISH MYTHOLOGY

Liban or Li Ban appears twice in Irish mythology. Once in a tale of Cu Chulain. And again as a sister of Fand in another story where she is transformed into a mermaid.